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Unexpected Contenders LSU, TCU Defend Playoff Hopes

NCAA Week 11 - Last week, looking ahead to a visit by playoff hopeful Alabama to an inconsistent, unpredictable LSU team, I wrote that the Tigers winning would ensure an unprecedented outcome in the SEC West. If Ole Miss didn't win out and make the College Football Playoff (which has never happened), the division would either miss the playoff entirely (which has never happened) or give the playoff a two-loss participant (which has never happened).

Well, now we're through the looking glass. For the second time this season, the Crimson Tide were taken down in a spectacular back-and-forth showdown, one that felt more like a heavyweight title match than a football game.